Items with tag “John Pratt”

April 14, 2012, 5:50PM

Long before the ease of "spell-check" and "auto-correct," writers were simply searching for an easy way of putting words on paper. Writer's cramp and bad penmanship can lead some frustrated authors to feats of ingenuity. Attorney John Pratt of Centre, Alabama, was an investor in the newspaper The National Democrat and later served as editor of the Gadsden Times. Tired... Full story »